Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 7 psychotherapist to join our dynamic secondary care psychotherapy team of senior experienced psychotherapists, group analyst, consultant medical psychiatrist and trainees in psychiatry and psychology under supervision.

Our friendly and welcoming psychotherapy service is based at Farnham Road Hospital, Guildford and the team has its own clinical space to conduct our therapeutic work.

We are particularly keen to hear from applicants with experience working with severe, enduring, and complex mental health presentations and/or those with a core professional training. The role primarily involves working with individuals with severe mental health issues using psychodynamic psychotherapy. Experience in MBT, working in groups and offering assessment is desirable but opportunities to develop these skills will be available as part of career development.

We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.

We positively welcome visits to the service and encourage you to meet with the team. Please contact Carol Hunter, Senior Team Administrator on [email protected]

Interviews to be held on Wednesday 3rd July2024 at Sandalwood House, Farnham Road Hospital, Guildford.

Main duties of the job

To undertake psychotherapeutic consultations and provide individual psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Please check the job description for more information on the requirements for this role.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!